2009-06-27: 2.5.0

And finally the first 2.5.x version. A note of warning, the build is done in two steps : Build the application(s), and then build the plugins.

There is some preliminary documentation in the wiki, be sure to have a look.

The changelog :

* Audio Codecs, Audio Devices and Video Filters are now plugins

* x264 and Xvid encoders are now also plugins with an updated Qt interface

* Auto wizards are now scripted and easier to extend

* Updated the FFmpeg libraries

* Various minor fixes and enhancements

2009-02-08: 2.4.4

Again, for those building it from source, please use cmake. The Autoconf/automake build is less tested and will be obsoleted very soon.

Another release, mainly done by gruntster (again)

* Fixed crash when opening some MOV files (regression introduced in 2.4.3)

* Improved support for H.264 in MPEG-TS and M2TS containers.

* Improved support for H.264 in MP4 container (including constant frame rate fix)

* Fixed bug where muxers could drop the first few B-frames (most containers were affected)

* Fixed FAAC support so bitrate is correctly honoured

* The same settings are now used for the first and second pass of an x264 encode

* Improved JPEG file support

* Improved PNG decoding (now uses libavcodec rather than a custom wrapper around libpng)

* Improved BMP/DIB decoding (now uses libavcodec rather than using own decoder)

* Improved colourspace handling for raw video, bitmaps and DIBs

* Fixed Previous Black Frame functionality

* Qt interface has been significantly upgraded and now fully functional (compared with its GTK counterpart)

* Saving of video is now prevented if the A marker is greater than the B marker

* Improvements made to ECMAscript including a new GetFilePath() function for the DirectorySearch class and fixes to the exec() function

* Add support for AAC audio to the command line interface

* Qt interface is now the default interface for MS Windows

* x264 and Xvid stat files with Unicode characters are now handled on MS Windows

* The application log file is no longer buffered on MS Windows to ensure sequential logging

* Added support for ppc64 to the CMake build scripts

* Updated the following translations: Catalan, Czech, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish

This will probably be the last version from the 2.4 branch. The next targets are 2.5 and 2.6.

The 2.5 branch is a big clean-up and modularization work from the 2.4 codebase.

A lot of things are plugins in 2.5, that will enable easier maintenance and cleaner code.

The 2.5 branch is in good shape and is really close to 2.4 as far as features and stability are concerned.

The next release will be a 2.5 one, and it will live most of 2009 probably.

The 2.6 branch is a long terme overhaul of the code. Meaning, switching from a frame based, constant frame rate model to a time based.

That will solve all the a/v sync issues encountered with variable frame rate format (mpeg, flv ....). Dont hold your breath, it wont

be ready anytime soon.

2008-07-24: 2.4.3

For those building it from source, please use cmake. The Autoconf/automake build is less tested and will be obsoleted very soon.

Now, the small changelog compiled by Gruntster :

* Improved support for MP4 files including support for 64-bit files

* Encoder and Decoder for Y800 (Compholio).

* libavcodec is now the default MPEG-2 decoder (instead of mpeg2dec).

* Fixed memory leak when indexing DVR-MS files.

* Fixed calculation of width and height for High Profile H.264 video in TS files.

* Fixed dropping of frames using x264 2-pass encoding (regression introduced in 2.4.2).

* Restored missing code pages to the Subtitler filter (regression introduced in 2.4.2).

* Fixed crashing on MS Windows when opening multiple instances of Avidemux (regression introduced in 2.4.2).

* Do not add unneeded delay when using x264 with mkv or mp4.

2008-07-07: 2.4.2

Probably the biggest bugfix release ever. The "what s new", prepared by Gruntster :

* Improved input and output of audio streams in MKV files

* Support for MJPEG-A in MOV/MP4 files

* Fixed saving header information of AVI files with PCM/LPCM audio

* Fixed opening FLV files that don't contain audio

* Fixed corruption when decoding MP4 files

* Fixed crashing when using MPEG-4 ASP (lavc) and two pass average bitrate mode

* Flush the x264 encoder upon completion so the last few frames aren't dropped

* Fixed incorrect colour conversion of 24/32 bit BMP and DIB files

* Re-enabled AMR-NB decoder (regression introduced in 2.4.0)

* Support for additional VP6 fourCCs

* Xvid custom matrices are now activated correctly

* Fixed caching issue with Qt4 interface which would corrupt translated strings

* Fixed zooming when using SDL (regression introduced in 2.4.1)

* Windows are now centred correctly on multi-monitor setups

* Use alternate button ordering for GTK+ interface when GNOME HIG isn't appropriate, e.g. MS Windows and KDE

* Various additions to the Qt4 interface including a new calculator tool, drag and drop support, improved joblist support and an about window

* SRT subtitle support for Arabic, Baltic, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish

* Fixed iPod profile where audio encoding options weren't always set correctly

* Fixed Film to PAL audio filter so frames are removed and added correctly

* Batch importing of image files is no longer restricted by the file handle limit set by the C runtime

* New video filter for outputting the frame number

* PulseAudio support (Linux only)

* GCC 4.3 support

* Updated the following translations: Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish

* Fixed drag and drop support on MS Windows

* Improved Unicode support for filenames on MS Windows

* Prevent source files from being overwritten accidentally by the user on MS Windows

* MS Windows logging and settings are now stored under the Application Data folder instead of the User Profile folder

* Native file dialogs are now used for the Qt4 interface on Mac

* Various minor fixes and enhancements

2008-02-17: 2.4.1, aka r3791

2.4.1 is a bugfix release

* Support for x264’s new Hadamard Exhaustive Search method of motion estimation

* Decoder for Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile (WVC1)

* Re-enabled H.263 decoder (it was missing from the 2.4 release)

* Fixed loss of audio when saving large OpenDML AVI files

* Fixed various colour conversion issues with RGB codecs including BMP, Huffyuv, JPEG and PNG

* Updates to the following translations: Catalan, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

* Win32 logging is now stored in an Avidemux folder under the user's profile. This allows Avidemux to operate under a non-administrator account.

* Win32 CLI version nows outputs to console

* New Quartz version for Mac

* Better SDL support for Mac Quartz and Qt4 versions (SDL windows are now embedded and acceleration is enabled for Qt4)

* Various video decoding fixes for PowerPC-based Macs

* Fixed freezing when opening files on Mac

* Fix corruption when encoding from a mp4/mov/3gp file.

Most of the work is once again from Gruntster.

2007-12-23: 2.4 Final, aka r3731

2.4 Final is ready for Christmas. Small changelog compared to preview 3 :

* MKV and FLV improvements.

* Mostly fixed decoding corruptions.

* Improved OsX versions, including PPC.

A short changelog compared to 2.3 :

* Input and output support for MKV and FLV containers

* Rewritten MP4/MOV/3GP reader

* Support for Nellymoser codec

* New DV video output support

* New MPEG-TS support including H.264 Elementary Stream

* OCR support for MPEG-TS subtitles

* New video bitstream unpacker (improved compatibility)

* Capability to pack video bitstreams

* New Yadif filter (ported from Avisynth)

* Video filters can be loaded as external plug-ins (sample plug-in included)

* Three interfaces now offered: command line, GTK+ and Qt4 (Qt4 is still incomplete)

* Several key dialogs have been revamped (GTK+ user interface only)

* Preview system refactored

* Priority control added for encoding and video playback (Win32 only)

* New Jog Shuttle control (GTK+ user interface only)

* Support for Jog Shuttle hardware (Linux & GTK+ only)

* New iPod and PlayStation Portable profiles

* New Glyph Editor

* Improved Bitrate Histogram

* JACK support (Linux only)

* DirectX support (Win32 only)

* New Avisynth Proxy GUI (Win32 only)

* Improved crash recovery - session settings are saved and reloaded upon application start

* Numerous bugs fixed

A bit deal of this version has been done by Gruntster and surfer.

Merry Christmas!

2007-11-11: 2.4 Preview 3.1, aka r3688 try 2

There was two small problems on the win32 and macOsX package. AAC support was missing on the win32 ones, and some compatibility issue with MacOsX ones.

They have been upgraded to 3.1, check the download page (the internal version is still the same!). No change for the source tarball.

2007-11-10: 2.4 Preview 3, aka r3688, aka RC1

Time for another preview

As usual lately, mostly Gruntster work. Surfer & Gruntster did a great job on MacOsX (Intel only) and we have both Gtk and Qt4 MacIntel versions available for download.

Quick summary/changelog :

* Support for FLV & MKV output (beta quality)

* Simple profile for Ipod (Mpeg4 SP, not H264)

* Subtitle OCR for mpeg TS

* Simple glyph editor

* Improved FLV read support

* JACK audio device support (Linux)

* Support for external Jog Shuttle (Linux/gtk), ported from Kino by Chris Mac Gregor.

* Improved QT4 version, including i18n.

2007-07-02: 2.4 Preview 2, aka r3322

Time for another preview :)

First, we have some new people onboard.

Translators : Tetsuro for japanese, Joo M for german, Joan F for catalan, Hulusi A and Necmettin B for turkish, Popac for serbian (sorry if i forgot someone).

Lord MuldeR did a nice GUI for avs proxy (tool to read avs file on windows, or through wine one linux).

And last but not least, Guntster.

He helped a LOT for this release, especially concerning the win32 build which works much better than previously.

Thanks Gruntster !.

Now a summary of the changes :

* Support for mkv and flv files. For MKV you should rebuild an index systematically.

* Support for m2ts files

* The QT4 version is more adanced, not yet complete but usable.

* Revamped most of the dialogs.

* Two build systems available: automake/autoconf and cmake based.

* Process priority control (win32)

* New filter : yadif ported from avisynth

* MP4/MOV/3GP reader redone from scratch

* Better bitstream packer/unpacker

* Better TS support, including h264 (incomplete)

* If avidemux crashes, it will try to save the current state and offer to reload it at next start.

* Tons of bugfixes

* Tons of new bugs

2007-04-03: Packages update

Packages for Ubuntu (all versions, i386 & AMD64) are available, thanks to http://www.getdeb.net.

kuisathaverat has also made its first dmg for macintel.

All is available on the download page.

Thanks a bunch to them :).